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Transitions between the stages of smoking in Iranian adolescents.
(2011)
This study examined the prevalence of smoking, the rates of transitions, and predictors of transition through the three stages of smoking.A total of 1785 high school students in Tabriz (northwest of Iran) were assessed at ...
Hookah smoking in high school students and its determinants in Iran: a longitudinal study.
(2015)
Hookah smoking has increased worldwide, especially among youth, and has been identified as an emerging threat to public health. The aim of the present study was to estimate the prevalence and transition rates in hookah ...
Estimating Economic Burden of Cancer Deaths Attributable to Smoking in Iran.
(2015)
There is a broad consensus among health policy-makers that smoking has a significant impact on both heath system and society. The purpose of this study was to estimate the economic burden of major cancer deaths caused by ...
Eating breakfast, fruit and vegetable intake and their relation with happiness in college students.
(2016)
Nutrition plays a major role in physical and mental health. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationships between happiness and fruit and vegetable intake as well as eating breakfast in students.In this cross-sectional ...
Social support and its predictors among Iranian cancer survivors.
(2014)
Social support is an important factor in psycho-social well-being of cancer survivors. There is little information about level of social support and its predictors among cancer survivors in Iran or other Middle Eastern ...
Relationship between happiness and tobacco smoking among high school students.
(2018)
Recent research has described negative relationship between happiness and habitual smoking among adolescents. No study of this relationship has been conducted among Iranian adolescents. The aim of the present study was to ...
Substance abuse in relation to religiosity and familial support in Iranian college students
(2014)
Background and objectives: Drug abuse and alcohol use in young adults are a major public health problem. The aims of present study were to determine the prevalence of alcohol use and substance abuse and related factors in ...
Subgrouping High School Students for Substance Abuse-Related Behaviors: A Latent Class Analysis
(2017)
The aim of the current study was to characterize the prevalence of latent groups in terms of smoking, hookah, and alcohol in a sample of Iranian high school students. In this cross-sectional study, 4,422 high school students ...
Smoking stages in an iranian adolescent population
(2012)
The aim of this study is determining the prevalence of smoking stages in adolescents of Tabriz city (northwest of Iran) and identifying the personal, environmental, and psychological factors relating to cigarette smoking. ...
The association between smoking status and hospital length of stay: evidence from a hospital-based cohort
(2016)
OBJECTIVES: Smoking is recognized as one of the main preventable causes of mortality and morbidity that imposes a high financial burden on healthcare systems and society. This study aimed to examine the association between ...